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“Mad Men” Water Cooler – “Lady Lazarus”

Welcome to this week’s edition of our “Mad Men” Water Cooler! Beyond this point, spoilers be waiting, so if you read on, beware, beware … Often a recap talks about the events of an episode, without [...]

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Mad Men Water Cooler – “Signal 30″

Welcome to your Weekly “Mad Men ” Water Cooler! “Mad Men” represents some of the best in music, design, art and writing, and each week we use it as a lens to examine broader themes of [...]

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Noteworthy Thoughts, with Thanks

When was the last time you said, “Thank You?” Think about it for a second. Was it when the barista at your local coffee shop handed you your lunch-break latte this afternoon? Or when your  significant [...]

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Lighting the Fire: The Poetry of Jim Morrison

“The time to hesitate is through,/No time to wallow in the mire,/Try now we can only lose,/And our love becomes a funeral pyre.” These words, whose rhyme and meter evoke images of Byron, Wordsworth and other [...]

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Joltin' Joe Never Goes Away

“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you…” There is an aura that surrounds the life of Joe DiMaggio that doesn’t occur with any other baseball player in history. Perhaps [...]

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The Monster at the End of This Blog

When I was a little kid, I was the biggest scaredy cat you’ve ever met. I was terrified of the idea of ghosts, and the mere mention of wicked witches or vampires was enough to send [...]

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Pencils, Puzo and "The Godfather"

It stands as one of the most revered films of all time with a dedicated fan following and scores of critical plaudits. However, had it not been for the unique, intense collaboration between a small-time writer [...]

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Happy Birthday, Carrie Fisher!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a princess was born to two parents of supernova celebrity stature. Okay, so that’s not quite how the story goes; the galaxy was Beverly Hills, the [...]

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Brabbling Over A Whisternefet

When at a loss for words, most of us reach for the dictionary to find the appropriate sentiment. However, thousands of words are omitted from stand-bys like the Oxford English Dictionary every year to make way [...]